leam

English

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Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːm

Etymology 1

From Middle English lemen, from Old English lȳman, *līeman (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *liuhmijaną (“to shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljóma (“to glow”), Latin luminō (“light up”).

Verb

leam (third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed)

  1. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”).

Noun

leam (plural leams)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

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Etymology 3

See leamer, lien.

Noun

leam (plural leams)

  1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronoun

leam

  1. with me, by me
    Is toil leam Glaschu. ― I like Glasgow. (literally Is pleasure with me Glasgow.)

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